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TO:  Councilmember.Raman@lacity.org; Councilmember.Krekorian@lacity.org;

CC: Andrea.Conant@lacity.org; Karo.Torossian@lacity.org; Craig.Bullock@lacity.org; Meg.Healy@lacity.org; Walker.King@lacity.org; Denise.Schall@lacity.org; Kimberly.Henry@lacity.org; Mashael.majid@lacity.org

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SUBJECT:  Please postpone the Public Hearing for the Harvard Westlake River Park FEIR

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I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Harvard Westlake River Park Project (ENV-2020-15-EIR) and to request that the scheduled Public Hearing on June 7th to be postponed to June 28th to allow adequate community review and engagement.
 
I also ask this meeting to be IN-PERSON.  The Brown Act should apply to this meeting.  The Brown Act applies to advisory bodies as well as decision-making bodies.  I agree there should be a teleconference option to ensure it is publicly accessible, but the public should be allowed to provide in-person testimony.

The Draft EIR, consisting of an overwhelming 6,502 pages, requires a significant amount of time for proper analysis and understanding. The current one-week window allotted for the community to review the FEIR is insufficient and, quite frankly, unfair. 

I kindly request that you use your influence as our representative to ensure that our community is granted the time and opportunity it deserves to engage in the Harvard Westlake River Park Project decision-making process.

Thank you for your attention to this matter, and I look forward to hearing from you,

[Name]
[Address]

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